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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 29, 2015
Filed:
Jun. 14, 2011
Cristopher Frost, Scottsdale, AZ (US);
Mary Eileen Richardson, Maricopa, AZ (US);
Michael Stephen Crestin, Chandler, AZ (US);
James Laffan, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Mingfong Hwang, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Doug Hollingshead, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Marc Schmittenberg, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Cristopher Frost, Scottsdale, AZ (US);
Mary Eileen Richardson, Maricopa, AZ (US);
Michael Stephen Crestin, Chandler, AZ (US);
James Laffan, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Mingfong Hwang, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Doug Hollingshead, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Marc Schmittenberg, Phoenix, AZ (US);
HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC., Morristown, NJ (US);
Abstract
A gas turbine engine and an accessory gear box (AGB) are provided for. The gas turbine engine comprises a drive shaft, a compressor, a combustor and an exhaust turbine, where the exhaust turbine and the compressor are coaxially connected by the drive shaft. The gas turbine engine further comprises an engine casing of varying diameters circumferentially enveloping the compressor, the combustor and the exhaust turbine with a waist located between the compressor and the combustor. The gas turbine engine also includes an accessory gear box (AGB) attached to the engine casing at the waist, the AGB comprising a gear rotating on an axis extending in a transverse direction relative to that of the drive shaft.